Has a suggestion for the fourth of july stay at home. Hoping the city does not attract a crowd. The request is all about safety, of course, during this coronavirus surge. Reporter santa cruz beaches reopened last week after the city admitted they simply couldnt keep people away. Today, the mayor is asking you to do what a beach ban could not. Were still encouraging everyone to shelter in place. Reporter the mayor says if you do decide to come here, be careful. At a minimum, were asking that people wear masks, they social distance, they use good hygiene practices. Were really trying to keep our community safe. Reporter most beach goers say theyre following the guidelines, and urge visitors from other places to stay home. Between us and the other beach patrons these days, were hitting the trails, and during that time, we always have our ban bandanas. Its already pretty busy. Reporter the city also trying to make sure that anyone caught with illegal fireworks will pay a steep price. In santa cruz, fireworks are illegal, and over the weekend, fines are tripled for the possession and use of fireworks. Reporter Officials Say theyre also being cautious because of a rise in covid cases. Just yesterday, they saw 22, a singleday record for santa cruz. On the beach, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Some concrete answers about what a return to school will look like in the south bay. And that return could happen in august. Raj mathai joins us with the details. Reporter my son is always asking, am i going back to school . Today, we got some answers. For us, the Distance Learning was challenging and not as effective as being in the classroom. We have to hand it to all the teachers who are trying their best. A couple of hours ago, Santa Clara County issued guidelines for the coming school year, starting as early as next month. And some of the rules differ depending on your childs age. Masks will be mandatory for high school students, but only recommended for Elementary School kids. All desks will be six feet apart, and students cannot share supplies. Temperatures will not be required to be taken, but individual schools can do so if they want. And its not clear when students in the county can return to school. Whether schools can move forward with reopening for inperson instruction will depend on the containment of covid19 in the weeks and months to come. We know it does pose higher risk in the transmission of particles and things in the air. So that is an activity that would not be permitted. And if it is happening, it would be done virtually or individually. So many things at play here. A few gradespecific rules. Elementary schools will keep students in the same groups all day. For middle and high school, the focus will be on maximizing social distance. All schools will train staff on distance guidelines, and severely risk visitors and volunteers. What about sports . We still dont know. Football, volleyball, tennis, water polo are among the fall sports. The student athletes are in limbo. Jessica, you have a high schooler, i have an Elementary Schooler. Its frustrating to wait. And we got some guidelines, weve had to buy in whether we want kids to go back to school part time, or keep doing the s district learning from home. It feels like your brain is getting tickled, thats how some talk about the test for the coronavirus. But now a test is being developed that is less intrusive. Heres melissa colorado. Reporter at uc berkeley, scientists are using this saliva test. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Reporter today in the bay, we get an up close look of what you can expect when getting tested for covid19. No discomfort here at uc berkeley, where scientists are not asking people to tilt back their head. Theyre asking them to spit. People are excited not to get the nasal swab. Reporter heres how the test works. After people provide enough saliva, they close the sample kit which holds a special solution. After you spit, this closes and it clicks and releases the solution into the tube. Reporter they say its a win win for everybody, because the samples dont require Trained Medical workers. Less time, less money, and less ppe. The test is still in the experimental stages. Which means its not available to everybody. Theyre only testing 1,000 people like grad students, faculty, and campus staff. If someone tests positive, the University Says they will ask that person to get a nasal swab test to confirm. Students will be coming back in the fall, and right now were trying to give this extra tool to help people come back and come back safely. The number of san quentin inmates testing positive for coronavirus continues to grow at an alarming rate. More than 1,100, about 100 new cases just from yesterday. 40 inmates have been transferred to hospitals across the bay area for critical care. Today, the state plans to add more onsite medical help. And most people with covid19 actually have no idea how they contracted it, according to new numbers released by the cdc today. Researchers talked to 350 patients treated at medical centers around the country. 54 of these patients were unaware of recent close contact with a covid19 patient. 45 said they were likely infected by a sick family member. 34 by a work colleague. A south bay care center is dealing with a serious coronavirus outbreak this evening. Pacific gardens treats people with dementia, and just two months ago, it boasted it was a safe haven. But as weve learned, its now the hardesthit facility in Santa Clara County. Reporter back in april, the Silicon Valley featured the facility in an article. But today, the memory care wing is all but shut down, after 13 residents and 15 staff tested positive for covid19. In fact, the latest county Health Data Shows the 100resident facility is the hardesthit in the area. They did not respond to our request for comment. But the president of the association for Long Term Care medicine says they face a daunting task. Once the virus gets into an alzheimers unit, its next to impossible to keep it from spreading. Reporter saying moving residents out is not always a fit. You dont know if youre moving someone with the virus to a place that has it. Reporter isolation can deepen residents anxiety and fear of abandonment. Why bother living . Whats the point . I cant see my family, what is the point in even living . Reporter shes urging the state to expand its requirements to allow one family visitor after being covidfree for 14 days. I think it would make a major difference if they can see a familiar face. They know they havent been abandoned. Reporter right now, the state is leaving it up to assisted living facilities to decide whether to adapt visitation rules. Up next, an 81yearold woman slammed to the ground and robbed. A camera nearby, that terrible crime caught on camera. Plus, its one of the and right now, were watching the sea breeze pick up around San Francisco after temperatures soared into the 90s today. More on cooling changes ahead in the forecast, when we come right back. Exorcisms are not common in the catholic church, and theyre almost never public until this past saturday in golden gate park. This video released of the archbishop conducting an exorcism, the statue was removed. On saturday, while there was no statue, the archbishop did detect the presence of satan. We came together to pray the rosary and pray the prayer of exorci exorcism, the st. Michaels prayer, this is the activity of the evil one, who wants to bring down the believers. He told his followers to do their own research, adding, theres a lot of ignorance of the real history. It is a brutal attack. Watch this. You see a man jump out of a car and throw an 81yearold woman to the ground while trying to steal her purse. He does get the bag, she bounces right back up. And then he continues to beat her. Police are on the hunt for the attacker. People say this kind of thing normally doesnt happen, roz. Reporter when you see the footage, its the resilience of the victim that may surprise you the most. Picking herself up, keeping it moving, and heading up the steep hill. The attack was captured on a home Video Surveillance camera and made the rounds on twitter. Showing the woman walking when a man suddenly jumps out of an suv, attacks her, throws her to the ground, grabs her purse, hops back in the suv and takes off. Police say the victim is 81 years old. I think its disgusting. Its horrible to attack someone elder, and i really cant believe that it happened here. Reporter here is a quiet residential part of San Francisco. And neighbors say its hard to fathom this happening at 4 30 p. M. This is the most sleepy community in San Francisco. Nobody comes up this hill. Ive never seen a single incidence of crime, so its really shocking. Reporter now theyre just hoping police can track the attacker down. I think people are starting to get more scared. Reporter in San Francisco, roz plater, nbc bay area news. 164 formerly Homeless People are now living in a former motel. One thing we know, we dont think this, shelters solve sleep. Housing and Supportive Services solve homelessness. The governor did cut the News Conference short after a group of demonstrators started shouting. As we told you earlier, the number of cases of covid19 in california surged to an alltime high. 8,086 new infections in just 24 hours. I want to show you what the surge looks like in the bay area. This line represents a sevenday average of new cases. It comes along, its kind of steady. Then it drastically shoots up in the last couple of weeks. In fact, just yesterday, the bay area added 618 new cases. And nearly 200 of those were tied to the outbreak at san quentin. This is the number of people dying, daily, in the bay area. And its climbing. Midapril, it was kind of low. Started to peak a little bit, then started to go down again. Over the last month, it dipped down, and here its trending up again. Four people died yesterday. In total, 578 have lost their lives to the virus here. San francisco is one of the counties that hit the brakes amid this spike. Health leaders say they wont consider opening more businesses until after the fourth of july after the earliest. They also urge everyone to stay home this weekend. Gathering is a social phenomen phenomenon. This virus doesnt care, it will exploit any type of gathering, regardless of the purpose. Thats one thing people really have to understand. Late this afternoon, the city cancelled the annual fourth of July Fireworks show to discourage people of gathering there. And the city of dublin says safe and sane fireworks will only be allowed in neighborhoods with Single Family homes. Dublin is one of the few bay area cities that actually allows fireworks sales. Okay, lets talk about the fourth of july weekend. Its coming up soon. And were going to have a mix of warmer temps as well. Lets check in with rob mayeda. The weather we saw today, the inland temperatures warming up is a bit of a sneak preview. But outside, a very interesting weather map. Looking at bay area weather. Looking at the numbers, this gets us excited with 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s all on the same map. Made possible by the cool ocean and bay waters. We briefly were in the 70s, but right now, cooling to 63. The wind up to 28 miles per hour. Inland, you had temperatures soaring through the mid90s, up to 94 in downtown. Relatively cooler now at 87 degrees. Breeze starting to pick up. San jose, close to 90 degrees, 89, the high, currently at 80. Tomorrow morning, 50s and 60s to start. A little more in the way of coastal low clouds may try to spill inland for the morning. Through the afternoon, heres one of the changes for tomorrow. Notice no 90s on the map. The warmest places will be in the midtoupper 80s. And out of the 70s in San Francisco, cooler for thursday, then temperatures rebound for the weekend. 90s as we approach the Holiday Weekend. Just like that, the weather we had today makes a comeback for fourth of july. Coming up in the next halfhour, well have a closer look at the Holiday Weekend forecast in the bay area coming up. Back to you. Thanks so much, rob. Up next, no vacations to europe. Americans are not welcome. Plus, the states telling californians to stay away. Menutaur get a load of my southwest cheddar cheeseburger. Let menutaur make it a doubleeee, yeah its beautiful say what . I said its bea. Try my 5. 99 southwest cheddar cheeseburger combo and make it a double for a buck more. Order now with no contact delivery. The European Union is opening its borders to travelers again, but the u. S. Is not on the list. A country must have covid19 cases under control to enter any member country, and a top expert warned we could see 100,000 new cases a day in the near future. International flights are currently operating at 15 . Disappointment. Sfo was the first u. S. Airport to require facial masking, and weve made a host of other protective measures. The European Council says it revises the list every two weeks. And new york, once the nations pandemic epicenter, just added california to their quarantine list. San jose may move a bit closer to changing the way it does business. The council is discussing the socalled strong proposal, about hiring and firing city administrators, it would give a lot more power directly to the mayor, similar to San Francisco, oakland, and los angeles. When you go into a room with a Big Corporation that wants to do a project, and the mayor of San Francisco can say, yeah, come to our city. The mayor of san jose says, let me check with my city manager. It can put you in a weak and awkward position when it comes to doing city business. Critics say thats too much power for an elected official. The decision may take a while. Its not the final vote. A yes vote tonight would put the proposal on the november ballot. In tonights making it in the bay, Research Shows lgbtq renters and homeowners are at a disadvantage when it comes to approval. Theyre also asked to pay application fees and deposits not asked of heterosexual renters. Hes calling it a disturbing trend. Dr. Fauci on the coronavirus. And how the president is responding to charges that russia offered bounties for the killing of american troops in afghanistan. When we closed our doors in march, wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members onboard. We then focused our fivestar level of service to all who needed it. We made improvements to peoples lives. We strove to be better and we made people happy. This closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldnt take the wynn and encore out of us. And now, we are proud to welcome you back. Right now at 6 30 p. M. , growing pressure for answers from President Trump about the allegations that russia offered bounties for killing american troops in afghanistan. Multiple reports contend the president was notified. Earlier in the day at the white house, the administration briefed a Small Bipartisan Group of lawmakers. Afterward, democrats said it was not very enlightening. The president hasnt come before the country and assured the people that he will get to the bottom of whether the russians are putting a bounty on the heads of american troops. The New York Times cites multiple officials familiar with the matter, who say the investigation has focused on an april 19th car bombing that killed three marines. A dire warning tonight from dr. Anthony fauci, warning new covid cases could grow exponentially if americans do not spread up. More than half the country is seeing a rise in cases. Some seeing a 100 increase in just the last week. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. So im very concerned. As we mentioned, the European Union reopened its borders to only 14 countries today. The u. S. Is not on that list. Keeping schools safe doesnt necessarily mean having cops on campus. The state school chief examined the impact on officers in school. The big question, do Police Officers increase safety, or do they increase the likelihood that students of color will be introduced to the Justice System . I will say that some of the departments in some of the local jurisdictions now that are keeping school policing are innovating or thinking about innovation, and i hope we can mount some studies. Research shows students say they need more counselors and support staff. Carlton mccoy, with his knowledge of wines and plans to transform the industry, a ceo getting a lot of attention because of a multitude of things. So many layers here. Unique, dynamic, and hes just good at what he does. Think about this. When he walks into a room, hes the first africanamerican to lead a major vineyard. When he walks into a room, he stands out. Not only is he the ceo of the napa valley wine company, hes one of the first black sommeliers. People take him seriously now. What are the Biggest Challenges you faced, whether its the color of your skin or your background in this industry . Whenever youre in a world of luxury, right, there is by design a bit of its exclusive. While im dark enough, people know that. Its hard to believe, i used to have really low corn rows. I shaved it off to be accepted in the world, regardless of my ability or intelligence, you didnt see people of color marketing luxury beverages. In the case of champagne, its almost like a joke. Like youre a rapper doing this, right . So marketing does everything in their power not to have people of color associated with this. So there a ton of variables. How can we change it, and how can you help the community to get more people of color in the Wine Industry . Are there one or two tangible things you can do . Its very interesting, because americans look for a silver bullet, we look